Still thinking the Engineers were the ones who created the Xenomorph? Think again. In a new interview with Alien: Covenant director Ridley Scott, it is confirmed that the Engineers did NOT in fact create the biomechanical monster of our nightmares. As Scott puts it:
So we've reinvented the idea of Alien, I think, which is that Covenant gets us a step closer to who and why was this thing designed to make human beings. And if you think it's them [the Engineers], you're dead wrong. (Thanks to Yahoo! for the quote)
That leaves us with - who DID create the Xenomorph and more importantly, who created Humanity?! These concepts are the focus of Scott's new direction for the franchise, the Alien itself is merely a pawn in a much larger game, if you will. Below you will find information which we were provided with, concerning the Engineer, Human and Xenomorph dynamic. Please be warned, the following may contain spoilers.
Potential Spoilers Ahead - Engineers and Humanity
Sources close to Alien: Covenant had relayed to us that the beings discovered on Paradise were either Human, or another "link in the chain", so to speak - not Engineers. Engineers did not create Humans, but are part of a linked, evolutionary chain, set in place by another, higher being.
We were also told that this isn't the first time Humans (or another Humanoid within the chain) have been to this planet (Paradise) in Alien: Covenant, which was confirmed in the latest trailer when Demián Bichir's character noticed Human vegetation on the planet's surface. Humans, Engineers and 3-4 other iterations of "Humanoid" beings have all been created and seeded throughout many universes. The Engineer/Alien debacle is not limited to our own Galaxy.
Mankind as we are now, are the 4th or 5th Generation of this evolutionary chain - not the product of natural selection and Ape evolution.
Paradise is essentially the Cradle of Creation within our Galaxy, a loose reference to the Garden of Eden. Those above the Engineers are widespread and Paradise is just like their Headquarters within this Galaxy.
The Hierarchy
We were also told that the beings above the Engineers and Humans have the ability to affect climates and essentially the cores of planets - manipulating gravitational forces, to elicit massive scale natural disasters and alterations.
Our sources hinted at that the Great Floods and Ice Ages reported in Bibical scripture were actually a manipulated phenomenon by those above the Engineers and that they use this technology to transform worlds and reset ecosystems.
Beyond what our own sources relayed to us, we can only speculate that these Humanoids are somehow in competition with one another, vying for dominance of the universe. With unique technology native to each species' origins, both Human and Engineer (and the others) are attempting to wipe out the others from existence, so that they may completely rule, unchallenged.
You can refer to Prometheus' opening sequence as evidence of the Engineers seeding a planet (which could be Paradise by the way). This is further reinforced by the Engineer's hostile reaction to Humans on LV-223 and the discovery of their plan to wipe out Humanity. "In order to create, one must first destroy", as explained by David insinuates the Engineers, must first destroy Humanity to make way for their own population to take hold of a planet.
We've been holding on to this information for some time now and felt this news of Scott's Xenomorph origins remark as a good place to drop some of it for you. Although the source had claimed this information was accurate prior to the John Logan re-writes, the overall concept of Humans being at war with Engineers and seeding planets to monopolize the Universe should remain true as evidence seen so far supports it greatly.
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